Cisco Cookbook
by Kevin Dooley, Ian Brown
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Author: Ian Brown, Kevin DooleyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-07-24
ISBN: 0596003676
Number of pages: 908
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Summary: 5 Stars
I don't write many reviews, but I had to say something for this title. Within 48 hours of receiving this book (along with "Hardening Cisco Routers" also from O'Reilly) I had put some of these recipes into production.
I even find that I can read each chapter like a study or reference guide due to its excellent structure. The first few recipes of each chapter are very basic and explain the concept of what you are trying to achieve. However the author clearly states that the basic solution is either full of pitfalls or security holes. The following recipes cover each pitfall or hole until the last recipe, usually titled 'Putting it All Together', is a full fledged, practical solution with no theory.
The theory and study guides should take some cues from this book, and begin really teaching real-world networking.
ONE WARNING - This book covers working with routers primarily. "Cisco Router Cookbook" would be a more apt title. However I have applied some of the VPN router concepts to Pix firewall configurations.
Mr. Dooley, where is the Cisco Switching Cookbook!!??
Summary of Cisco Cookbook
While several publishers (including O'Reilly) supply excellent documentation of router features, the trick is knowing when, why, and how to use these features There are often many different ways to solve any given networking problem using Cisco devices, and some solutions are clearly more effective than others. The pressing question for a network engineer is which of the many potential solutions is the most appropriate for a particular situation. Once you have decided to use a particular feature, how should you implement it? Unfortunately, the documentation describing a particular command or feature frequently does very little to answer either of these questions. Everybody who has worked with Cisco routers for any length of time has had to ask their friends and co-workers for example router configuration files that show how to solve a common problem. A good working configuration example can often save huge amounts of time and frustration when implementing a feature that you've never used before. The Cisco Cookbook gathers hundreds of example router configurations all in one place. As the name suggests, Cisco Cookbook is organized as a series of recipes. Each recipe begins with a problem statement that describes a common situation that you might face. After each problem statement is a brief solution that shows a sample router configuration or script that you can use to resolve this particular problem. A discussion section then describes the solution, how it works, and when you should or should not use it. The chapters are organized by the feature or protocol discussed. If you are looking for information on a particular feature such as NAT, NTP or SNMP, you can turn to that chapter and find a variety of related recipes. Most chapters list basic problems first, and any unusual or complicated situations last. The Cisco Cookbook will quickly become your "go to" resource for researching and solving complex router configuration issues, saving you time and making your network more efficient. It covers:- Router Configuration and File Management
- Router Management
- User Access and Privilege Levels
- TACACS+
- IP Routing
- RIP
- EIGRP
- OSPF
- BGP
- Frame Relay
- Queueing and Congestion
- Tunnels and VPNs
- Dial Backup
- NTP and Time
- DLSw
- Router Interfaces and Media
- Simple Network Management Protocol
- Logging
- Access Lists
- DHCP
- NAT
- Hot Standby Router Protocol
- IP Multicast
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